A history trash button can surprise someone if it also removes the downloaded file. Reading the actual work-browser records and download code led me to separate different consequences hidden behind the same delete label.
Name the object being removed
A download record has a name, status, received quantity, source reference and profile context. The actual file remains separately on disk. The implementation edits a record array through a persistence callback without calling a file-deletion function. That distinction should be understandable near the action.
If the purpose is cleaning history, remove the record and retain the file. File removal would need its own target and consequence. This account describes an actual implementation decision rather than inventing an incident involving a customer’s deleted file.
Separate finished records from live transfers
Clear history is not a command to erase everything visible. The eligibility function retains active, paused and retrying entries, selecting finished records in the requested profile. Hiding a live transfer could remove the place where a user expects to pause, resume or cancel it.
Visible rows and persisted inventory also differ. The historical work record checks clear-history eligibility even when finished entries lie outside the small popup’s displayed portion. The label alone does not define every retention policy; the actual selection scope needs explanation.
Restore removed rows without losing concurrent additions
If persistence fails after removal, the deleted rows return. Replacing the whole array with an old snapshot would lose downloads added while saving. The actual function restores only removed rows and checks the pair of identifier and profile before reinserting them.
One source test adds a new active download inside the failing persistence callback. Recovery must retain that addition, the old record and another profile’s same identifier. This is a concrete recovery contract beyond merely showing an error message; rollback must respect current information too.
Retry and resume are different actions
A failed or canceled record can start another native transfer from its saved network resource. That differs from resuming a still-live paused transfer. Retry handling serializes the same resource within one profile and attaches the original tab and project to its child transfer rather than borrowing another visible account.
Old records without source information and page-generated resources are not universally reproducible. The code neither guesses a file resource from a page address nor replays a form submission. Convenience should preserve the existing work and account boundaries.
Keep historical and current checks distinct
The historical report describes owned profiles and a local transfer server checking cancellation, retry, history deletion and restart, including bytes, hashes and preserved tabs and input. This content task compared that report with functions and tests; it did not rerun the browser session.
No actual user history was used for deletion tests here. Historical totals are not presented as this task’s execution count. Filenames, accounts and real download destinations remain private, while the article explains the relationships among actions. Past verification and present evidence review are different facts.
Familiar icons still need precise promises
Trash and retry icons feel familiar enough to tempt a maker to omit explanation. Yet record versus file and resume versus a new transfer can imply very different consequences. The useful design describes which state permits which action, rather than merely adding more icons.
The existing multipart-upload module is not this downloader. Upload recovery reconciles accepted chunks; this story concerns native transfer and profile-scoped history. Keeping those responsibilities distinct makes the decision reusable for an administration file list without conflating two implementations.